Blue Velvet was my first exposure to David Lynch.
I remember finding a still online of Kyle MacLachlan picking up an ear in a grassy field and thinking I needed to see this film for some reason.
I’m so glad I found Lynch when I did. I was in high school, and the world of film felt so vast and overwhelming to me; it often still does. Lynch stood out from the herd, though, and through his work, he guided…
It's an interesting film with tremendous performances, though there is a moment midway through that feels like a logical leap. I personally can't seem to get past it, but I don't know; perhaps a rewatch will change my mind.
Regarding what I liked, Guy’s subtle reactions to Oswald’s carefree attitude are incredibly nuanced and feel extremely authentic. It’s genuinely heartbreaking to watch someone realize that they’ve been living under self-imposed constraints that were never truly there. I was pleasantly surprised by Stan’s performance, he really shows a depth I didn’t expect from him.
Going into this I was very worried it would just be a feature-length version of the Vice post-credit scene; glad to be proven wrong. My main issue with Vice is that, while trying to tell some sort of message about the Bush years, it belittles its audience and treats them like idiots.
With Don't Look Up, I find that it's less about trying to spread a specific message and more concerned with showing a somewhat realistic depiction of what movies…
war criminal is depressed because he didn’t stop worse war criminals
the film does a great job at showing the mentality of soldiers in a war zone but focuses too much on the regrets of SPC Winfield
